yield

/jild/

/jild/

Other forms: yielded; yielding; yields

Yield has two meanings that seem quite different: "an amount" or "to give way." The yield of the recipe was twelve brownies. To avoid being tripped, Mary was forced to yield to the children on her way to the brownie plate.

While these meanings seem quite different, they both essentially mean "to give." The recipe gives twelve brownies to those who follow it, and Mary is giving up her right to go first. Yield can also mean the rate of return on an investment. A bond yields an interest rate of 2%, or gives an investor $2.00 for every $100 invested.

Definitions of yield

1. verb

   give or supply
   “This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”

   synonyms: generate, give, render, return

   give

   cause to happen or be responsible for

   establish, give

   bring about

   type of:

   create, make, produce

   create or manufacture a man-made product
2. verb

   bring in
   synonyms: bear, pay

   types:

   clear, net

   yield as a net profit

   pay off

   yield a profit or result

   type of:

   bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in

   earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
3. verb

   give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
   synonyms: cede, concede, grant

   type of:

   give

   transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
4. noun

   production of a certain amount
   synonyms: output

   types:

   crop, harvest

   the yield from plants in a single growing season

   fruitage

   the yield of fruit

   type of:

   production

   (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
5. noun

   an amount of a product
   synonyms: fruit

   type of:

   product, production

   an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
6. noun

   the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
   synonyms: output, production

   types:

   pick, picking

   the quantity of a crop that is harvested

   type of:

   indefinite quantity

   an estimated quantity
7. noun

   the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings

   types:

   economic rent, rent

   the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

   payback

   financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)

   type of:

   income

   the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
8. verb

   be the cause or source of
   synonyms: afford, give

   give

   cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

   types:

   open, open up

   make available

   allow, allow for, leave, provide

   make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

   type of:

   furnish, provide, render, supply

   give something useful or necessary to
9. verb

   cause to happen or be responsible for
   synonyms: give

   generate, give, render, return

   give or supply

   type of:

   create, make

   make or cause to be or to become
10. verb

    move in order to make room for someone or something
    synonyms: ease up, give, give way, move over

    abandon, give up

    stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

    type of:

    move

    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
11. verb

    be flexible under stress of physical force
    synonyms: give

    type of:

    stretch

    become longer by being stretched and pulled
12. verb

    cease opposition; stop fighting
    types:

    give up, surrender

    give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

    fall

    be captured

    abnegate

    surrender (power or a position)

    concede

    acknowledge defeat

    capitulate

    surrender under agreed conditions
13. verb

    give in, as to influence or pressure
    synonyms: relent, soften, succumb

    antonyms:

    stand

    hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright

    fend, resist, stand

    withstand the force of something

    types:

    truckle

    yield to out of weakness
14. verb

    end resistance, as under pressure or force
    “The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram”

    synonyms: give way

    type of:

    change

    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
15. verb

    be willing to concede
    synonyms: concede, grant

    types:

    forgive

    stop blaming or grant forgiveness

    condone, excuse

    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

    absolve, free, justify

    excuse or free from blame

    absolve, shrive

    grant remission of a sin to

    remit

    forgive

    pardon

    grant a pardon to

    excuse, pardon

    accept an excuse for

    type of:

    agree, concord, concur, hold

    be in accord; be in agreement
16. verb

    consent reluctantly
    synonyms: buckle, buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb

    types:

    accede, bow, defer, give in, submit

    yield to another's wish or opinion

    type of:

    accept, consent, go for

    give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
17. verb

    be fatally overwhelmed
    synonyms: succumb

    type of:

    buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it

    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life